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Ando. Complete Works 1975-Today
Contributor(s): Jodidio, Philip (Author), Ando, Tadao (Illustrator)
ISBN: 3836577127     ISBN-13: 9783836577120
Publisher: Taschen
OUR PRICE:   $72.00  
Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats
Published: April 2019
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BISAC Categories:
- Architecture | Individual Architects & Firms - Monographs
- Architecture | History - Contemporary (1945 -)
Dewey: 720.92
Physical Information: 2.2" H x 9.1" W x 11.6" (7.80 lbs) 740 pages
 
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Discover the completely unique aesthetic of Tadao Ando, the only architect ever to have won the discipline's four most prestigious prizes: the Pritzker, Carlsberg, Praemium Imperiale, and Kyoto Prize.

Philippe Starck defines him as a "mystic in a country which is no longer mystic." Philip Drew calls his buildings "land art" as they "struggle to emerge from the earth." His designs have been described as haiku crafted from concrete, water, light, and space. But to Ando, true architecture is not expressed in metaphysics or beauty, but rather through space that embodies physical wisdom.

This thoroughly updated edition spans the breadth of his entire career, including such stunning new projects as the Shanghai Poly Theater and the Clark Center at the Clark Art Institute in Williamstown, Massachusetts. Each project is profiled through photographs and architectural drawings to explore Ando's unprecedented use of concrete, wood, water, light, space, and natural forms. Based on the massive XXL monograph, this edition brings the architect's definitive career overview to an accessible format.

Contributor Bio(s): Ando, Tadao: - Tadao Ando (born in 1941) is one of the world's most renowned contemporary architects. At first a boxer, he decided to pursue architecture two years after graduating from high school. He is the only one to have won the discipline's four most prestigious prizes: the Pritzker, Carlsberg, Praemium Imperiale, and Kyoto Prize. Ando currently works from his native Osaka.Jodidio, Philip: - Philip Jodidio a étudié l'histoire de l'art et l'économie à l'université Harvard et a été rédacteur en chef du magazine Connaissance des Arts pendant plus de vingt ans. Chez TASCHEN, ses publications incluent la série Architecture Now! ainsi que des monographies sur Tadao Ando, Norman Foster, Renzo Piano, Jean Nouvel, Shigeru Ban, Oscar Niemeyer et Zaha Hadid.